Motivated by the rapid increase in housing demand and the population of older adults worldwide, this book provides an interdisciplinary and multi-level approach for studying housing and ageing issues and relevant policy analysis in China, and beyond. Specifically, it highlights how the changing social, economic, and political factors at both local and global levels affect the housing or ageing experiences of people. Drawing on findings and theoretical discussions in economics, history, psychology, sociology, social policy, and urban studies, the authors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on a highly topical debate, asking what progress is being made on the formulation and implementation of housing and ageing policies in different societies. The book brings together original qualitative and quantitative research works in European, Asia-Pacific and Chinese contexts. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of data and case studies that reveal factors affectinghousing or ageing experiences of people in these regions. The interdisciplinary research also provides valuable insights on further policy analyses and formulation in both local and global contexts. It is of interest to scholars, policy makers and university students in the fields of housing, ageing, and social and public policy.

The first book to cover both housing and ageing policies in European, Asia-Pacific and Chinese societies The only book dealing with housing and ageing issues and policies by using an interdisciplinary approach Brings together top scholars on the debated issue of development and concerns in housing and ageing policies

Autorentext

Terence C T Shum is Research Assistant Professor in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, and Research Fellow of Public and Social Policy Research Centre at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. His research interests include migration and refugee studies, borders, culture and identity, and globalisation and multiculturalism.

Charles C L Kwong is Professor of Economics, Dean of School of Arts and Social Sciences, and Director of Public and Social Policy Research Centre at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. His research interests include China's economic development and economic analysis of public policy.

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1. Introduction: Housing and Ageing: Key Development and Concerns.- 2. Shifting Approaches to Housing Wealth Security in Ageing Societies.- 3. Overseas Housing for Elderly Hongkongers? Comparing the Key Factors Influencing Retiree Migration between Japan and Hong Kong.- 4. Successful Ageing: The Novel Perspectives and Experiences of Vietnamese Migrants in Australia.- 5. Population Ageing and Community-based old age care supply in China.- 6. China's Ageing Population: Policy Implications for Economic Growth.- 7. Redesigning Urban Neighbourhood Space under the Open Community.- 8. A Spiral, Stage-Sensitive Model of Grief in Dementia Caregiving A qualitative study of caregiver experiences with hospitalised patients with dementia in Shanghai, China.- 9. 'Home Sweet Home': Making the Discourse of Housing Space and Quality in Hong Kong 1930s 1990s.- 10. The Informal Carer in Old Age Care: Observations in Hong Kong through the Lens of Critical Discourse Analysis.- 11. Perceptions of Transitional Housing: Voices of Residents Living in Subdivided Units in Hong Kong.- 12. Employment Experience of Marginalised Older People Who Use Drugs in Employment Markets in Hong Kong